How expensive is this game to play?

[CPS]

I haven't played the first game, but I know that's F2P - supported via an in-game store.

I assume that this is going to be the same again, but I'm curious how expensive the purchases are in the store.

I see that you have to buy bank space, or can at least extend it. How much is this, and are there also P2W aspects to this game too?

Thanks,
CPS.

[Senki]

the store things are extremely overpriced, especially the skins

there's no P2W, the only thing that affects gameplay is the storage space you can buy

They sometimes do sales, I recommend only buying things in those periods unless you have a lot of money to spare.

[CPS]

Originally posted by Senki:

the store things are extremely overpriced, especially the skins

there's no P2W, the only thing that affects gameplay is the storage space you can buy

That's actually great to hear, thanks!

How much are the storage spaces, and do you need them?

[AFC_HIGHBURY]

Skins are a ripoff imo however if you buy cheapest 30 now you can get currency, gem and premium /quad for 290 while on sale (should be tomorrow) the rest is upto how much you hoard tbh.

Not a PvP game so not really p2w, pay for convenience, depends how you see it.

Also can upgrade pack in future if you feel the need for more space.

[Chris]

P2W - no there is no competition to win at.

$1.50 to upgrade a stash tab, to enable selling items
buying items is free.

total of maybe $30 to buy the conveniance tabs to store all the collectable currencies to stack up to 500 and not waste actual stash space.

the rest is cosmetics, which have zero impact on the game

[CPS]

Originally posted by AFC_HIGHBURY:

Skins are a ripoff imo however if you buy cheapest 30 now you can get currency, gem and premium /quad for 290 while on sale (should be tomorrow) the rest is upto how much you hoard tbh.

Usually I'm quite the hoarder in games, so I presume I'd need them.

You say there's a sale coming soon, how much do the spaces usually cost in sales?

[Drake]

The 300 coins you get from buying the first EA supporter pack are enough to cover the stashes you need to play comfortably for life. You can even get more if you're smart and get them on sale (which happens once every month).

The game is not expensive compared to any full paid game. If you pick the 60$ pack you get skins and enough coin to buy all the current stashes + get some leftover for any potential future stash.

[CPS]

Originally posted by Chris:

P2W - no there is no competition to win at.

$1.50 to upgrade a stash tab, to enable selling items
buying items is free.

total of maybe $30 to buy the conveniance tabs to store all the collectable currencies to stack up to 500 and not waste actual stash space.

the rest is cosmetics, which have zero impact on the game

Ahh thank you!

I never buy cosmetics in games, I think that as standard the game should offer good looking items. If a game makes only the cosmetics look good - it leaves a sour taste.

[Nico]

If you buy the EA supporter pack for 30$, which is the minimum amount required to even play the game (if you got no free key) you also get the usual 300 points worth 30$ which should be enough to buy the bare minimum of stash tabs needed to properly enjoy the endgame. Though I guess we sadly currently do not yet have the map stash tab, which would make it a lot more convenient.

But in general it really is just Pay For Convenience. You don't need any special stash tabs to play the game, many of them are even quite useless before reaching the endgame. But if you were to buy some, the most important ones would probably be a currency tab, a premium tab (for an easy way to sell items to other players) and, once they finally added it, a map stash tab. Obviously all bought during a stash tab sale weekend that happens every 3 weeks or so.

[OmniBlock]

Originally posted by CPS:

Originally posted by Senki:

the store things are extremely overpriced, especially the skins

there's no P2W, the only thing that affects gameplay is the storage space you can buy

That's actually great to hear, thanks!

How much are the storage spaces, and do you need them?

They are pricey, however you get enough points to buy some (I would recommend at least 1 x4 page and the main currency page minimum) They do go on sale though like every 3 weeks, so wait until a stash sale.
You can also create mules for free as many as you want I think.
You get 4 free basic stash tabs which really as a new player and 1 or 2 characters is imo more than enough to do all content in game.

[AFC_HIGHBURY]

Originally posted by CPS:

Originally posted by AFC_HIGHBURY:

Skins are a ripoff imo however if you buy cheapest 30 now you can get currency, gem and premium /quad for 290 while on sale (should be tomorrow) the rest is upto how much you hoard tbh.

Usually I'm quite the hoarder in games, so I presume I'd need them.

You say there's a sale coming soon, how much do the spaces usually cost in sales?

Every 3 weeks is sale so should be tomorrow, you'll be ok to start with currency, gem and quad/premium that cost 290 points if I remember correctly. Can't remember Individual prices sorry

[CPS]

Honestly, thank you to everyone that's commented - you've really helped me make my mind up on the game!

I was concerned that it would cost me a fortune, but this is all reassuring to hear!

Thank you for your time and help figuring this out :)

[Denninja]

Get the Currency tab first and wait to see what else you need, maybe a sale comes around.

[Reborn]

60$ should be enough to get the most important tabs, some are not yet released (like maps);.

[Chris]

Originally posted by CPS:

Originally posted by Chris:

P2W - no there is no competition to win at.

$1.50 to upgrade a stash tab, to enable selling items
buying items is free.

total of maybe $30 to buy the conveniance tabs to store all the collectable currencies to stack up to 500 and not waste actual stash space.

the rest is cosmetics, which have zero impact on the game

Ahh thank you!

I never buy cosmetics in games, I think that as standard the game should offer good looking items. If a game makes only the cosmetics look good - it leaves a sour taste.

as standard, the gear models are quite pleasing.. but they are all shades of grey.
the only gear with colour are the cosmetics. the default models do look good though if you dont mind the grey.

id also point out though.. poe1 leagues, which happen every 3 months, have challenges that reward cosmetics..
so you get free stuff every 3 months if you play enough. im assuming poe2 will have something similar.

[CPS]

Originally posted by Chris:

Originally posted by CPS:

Ahh thank you!

I never buy cosmetics in games, I think that as standard the game should offer good looking items. If a game makes only the cosmetics look good - it leaves a sour taste.

as standard, the gear models are quite pleasing.. but they are all shades of grey.
the only gear with colour are the cosmetics. the default models do look good though if you dont mind the grey.

id also point out though.. poe1 leagues, which happen every 3 months, have challengaes that reward cosmetics.. so you get free stuff every 3 months if you play enough. im assuming poe2 will have something similar.

Oh that's another thing I wasn't aware of!

I've just bought the $60 version of the game from the advice of someone else who said that should give me enough credit to buy future additions to the shop.

Honestly, I really do appreciate your time giving me this information.